“But only he who, himself enlightened, is not afraid of shadows.”

Human beings are never to be treated as a means but always as ends.

It is certainly a bad sign of common sense to appeal to it as a witness.

To be is to do.

Rules for happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.

Things which as effects presuppose others as causes cannot be reciprocally at the same time causes of these.

Freedom, is a property of all rational beings.

Nature is beautiful because it looks like Art; and Art can only be called beautiful if we are conscious of it as Art while yet it looks like Nature.

The enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgement of reason, and perverts its liberty.

Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

Woman wants control, man self-control.

Two things fill the mind with ever-increasing wonder and awe, the more often and the more intensely the mind of thought is drawn to them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.

The great mass of people are worthy of our respect.

Laughter is an affect resulting from the sudden transformation of a heightened expectation into nothing.

The greatest human quest is to know what one must do in order to become a human being.

Prudence reproaches; conscience accuses.

From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.

I hate men who are afraid of women’s strength.

To search for power within myself means I must be willing to move through being afraid to whatever lies beyond.

Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.

A little jealousy in a relationship is healthy. It’s always nice to know someone is afraid to lose you.

Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.

If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.

Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood.